~Flashback~
Wesker climbed into the dark bedroom and scanned the room. He saw the small figure laying on the bed, and a smirk crosses his features. He quietly walked towards the bed and lifted the little figure up.
"Daddy?" A small voice yawned.
"No, go back to sleep. Your father asked me to bring you to him," Wesker replied to the small child.
"Mr. Wesker?" She looked up at him.
"Shh," Wesker said dropping a note on the floor.
He walked towards the bedroom door and quietly made his way out of the house. He walked to the back seat of a black car and laid the child down. He circled to the driver seat speeding off.
Chris stared Skyla in the eyes; she was wearing a white wedding gown smiling brightly at him. A pale hand quickly shot through her back coming out of her chest and blood was spilling out from under the white dress quickly, her color faded and her breathing slowing down from the loss of blood. She fell forward to her knees from the weakness of the blood loss, Chris looked down at her panicked not knowing what to do, he bent down and lifted her back up he placed his hand on her cheek noting how cold it already was.
"Chris, I'm sorry," she said placing her hand over his.
Wesker's laugh rang through the air.
Chris' eyes flew open, and he shot up in the bed, he looked around the room in alarm breathing heavily. He looked over to see Skyla lying on her stomach sound asleep, safe. He bent down placing a kiss on her forehead. Her eyes popped open, and she looked up at him with concern.
"Another nightmare?" She asked sitting up bringing the sheet up with her.
He nodded and sighed placing a hand on his head. She was getting used to waking up with him in the middle of the night, although it was getting more frequent.
"I didn't mean to wake you up, but I just needed to know you were really there and okay," he told her.
"It's okay, I don't mind," Skyla said laying her head on his shoulder.
He looked down at her; the moonlight came in through the window and hit her shoulder just right shining on the scar from where she was shot by Wesker. He frowned, he brought his hand up and ran over the offending tissue and ran his thumb over it. Skyla brought her hand up to his cheek and pulled his face gently over, leaned in and placed a small kiss on his lips.
"I love you," She said as she pulled back.
Chris' lips twitched into a small smile. He lied back down, pulling her down with him, so her head was on his chest.
"You want to talk about it?" She asked rubbing his arm.
He shook his head and ran his fingers down her back.
"I want you to stay back from the mission that is coming up," he told her.
She sat up and glared at him, huffing in frustration, she got up pulling the sheet with her.
"Chris, you agreed; after what happened with the mission with Piers and if I agreed to your terms you agreed I could come on this mission," Skyla stared down at him.
Chris sat up and stared at her before closing his eyes.
"I feel like I just got you back, and things have just got back to normal," Chris replied quietly.
She sat on the edge of the bed with the sheet wrapped around her.
"It's been 3 months," Skyla replied reaching for his hand.
"I just don't want to lose you again," he said quietly.
"You're not going to; I promised you forever didn't I?" She said squeezing his hand.
"It felt so real," he frowned.
She crawled across the bed and into his lap.
"Tell me about it," she asked.
"I can't, it will be like reliving it all over again," he said kissing her forehead.
He sighed and lifted her up gently and got out of the bed. She stared at him concerned.
"I'm going to take a shower and go to the gym and then head to HQ; I'll see you later in the morning?" He asked.
She looked at him sadly but nodded. She laid down and stared at the ceiling hearing the water running in. She rolled back onto her stomach and fell asleep. Chris came out of the bathroom and checked in on her one last time before heading to the gym. Skyla got up a couple hours later not in the best mood but showered and headed to the kitchen. She went to make a cup of coffee but discovered they were out, she sighed and finished getting ready and headed to HQ begrudgingly. When she got there, she sat at her desk and sat there massaged head.
Piers passed by her desk but didn't he glance at her. He had been acting funny, he had been avoiding her, and when he was around her, he wasn't acting himself. She sighed in frustration but started on her paperwork she was behind on.
"Hey, can we talk?" A voice asked from beside of her causing her to jump.
She looked up to see Piers standing beside of her looking at her; she stared at him and shrugged.
"There's that new coffee place that opened up, and I figured we could go get some coffee," He asked nervously.
"Sure Piers, I'm going to stop and check on Chris real quick. Meet me in my car, and I'll let you drive," She replied tossing him the keys.
He nodded and walked towards the entrance. She logged out of her computer and walked to Chris' office. She tapped softly on his door. He didn't look any better than he did that morning before he left which caused her to frown; he looked up and waved her in.
"Everything okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, just a lot of paperwork. I was hoping when I took this position I wouldn't be behind the desk so much," Chris replied.
She smiled softly at him.
"Hey Piers wanted to get some coffee, I guess he's not avoiding me anymore. Want to come with us?" Skyla asked.
He shook his head and gestured to all the paperwork, she sighed and nodded.
"Want me to bring you back anything; something to eat maybe?" She asked smiling.
"Coffee is fine," he replied looking up at her gratefully.
She nodded and walked out heading to meet Piers. He was leaning against her car waiting.
"You could have got in and started it, it's hot out here," She replied.
"I just got here," he shrugged getting in.
There was an uncomfortable silence between them during the car ride. This was driving her crazy; the two of them were so close. Was he upset because she came back? Once they got inside and ordered their coffees, Piers found them a seat by a window. He stared out the window before she sighed frustrated and asked.
"Piers did I do something to upset you?" Skyla asked.
Piers looked at her taken aback and shook his head.
"I didn't want to say anything, but ever since I came back, I've felt different. I didn't know how or how to explain it," he replied not turning to look at her.
She stared at him concerned, after a minute she put a hand on his arm. He jumped like she had shocked him.
"Piers, you know you can tell me anything right? I am here for you, I've always been here for you no matter what," She replied.
He stared out the window and nodded finally he turned and looked at her.
"You know when you kept telling to go after Chris while you were gone? Especially after I had kissed him when I was drunk," he asked.
Skyla nodded and took a sip of her coffee.
"I didn't feel anything, I haven't felt an attraction to him for a while," he continued.
She put her coffee down and stared at him for a moment.
"So your crush on him faded, so you've been avoiding me?" Skyla asked sounding hurt pulling her hand back.
"It wasn't only him Skyla, I didn't feel an attraction to any male," Piers replied.
"So none of the other guys at HQ are cute," she shrugged.
He licked lips and shook his head staring at her.
"That's not what I saying. I needed time to figure out what was happening to me," he replied looking back out the window.
"So I take it now that you're talking to me you've figured it out," she replied.
He sighed not looking at her but nodded.
"Care to enlighten me? Like I said before Piers, you can tell me anything. It won't leave here," Skyla replied.
He sighed and took another sip of his coffee; he looked down at his hands.
"I can't do this," he said getting up and walking towards the door.
Skyla frowned; she got up and followed him. Piers was standing outside of the coffee shop looking like he was about to have a panic attack. Skyla stood right in front of him and crossed her arms.
"You can't do what? You can't talk to me? Remember, this is a no judgment zone," She smiled at him.
"It's not you that I am afraid of, well maybe a little but more the wrath of Chris," Piers said.
"Would you just spit it out?" Skyla said starting to get frustrated with him.
Piers stared at her for a minute; before he took a step towards her placing a hand gently on the side her neck, he leaned down and pressed his lips to hers.
